That's what I was going to do if I couldn't get a clear answer on the oem length. Wasn't there a change around 1984 when they changed everything and the oil capacity changed to 5 quarts? I read that somewhere and I don't have a book to tell me what "full" actually is. I feel stupid asking...
Finishing up my 360 swap in my jeep and while messing with the stupidly long dipstick trying to get it to ride nicely inside the pan, I broke the dipstick tube.
The engine is from a 1980 W200 pickup.
I finally got around to replacing the tube but it is longer than the original and I appear to...